Volvo Car Open April 1 – 7, 2019 Women’S Tennis Association Match Notes
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VOLVO CAR OPEN APRIL 1 – 7, 2019 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES CHARLESTON, SC, USA | APRIL 1 - 7, 2019 | USD $823,000 WTA PREMIER EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.volvocaropen.com | @VolvoCarOpen | facebook.com/VolvoCarOpen WTA Communications: Chase Altieri ([email protected]) VOLVO CAR OPEN - FINAL [8] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) Wozniacki leads 2-0 Wozniacki has won pair’s previous two meetings in straight sets at 2017 Indian Wells and 2016 US Open... Keys appearing in fourth final of career on home soil... Wozniacki has lifted at least one title for each of the past 11 seasons... Keys is bidding to become the ninth American woman to win Charleston title A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS PLAYER CHARLESTON YTD W/L CAREER W/L YTD PRIZE $ CAREER PRIZE $ YTD TITLES CAREER W/L TITLES [5] Caroline Wozniacki 19-4 9-4 619-251 236,267 33,736,515 0 30 [8] Madison Keys 15-6 8-4 258-141 246,303 10,334,981 0 3 FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST CHARLESTON RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED CAREER FINAL W/L [5] Caroline Wozniacki WON (1): 2011 2018 Beijing (WON) 30-24 [8] Madison Keys FINAL (1): 2019 2017 US Open (R-Up) 3-4 R-Up (1): 2015 RECENT CHARLESTON FINALS YEAR CHAMPION FINALIST SCORE 2011 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI ELENA VESNINA 6-2 6-3 2012 SERENA WILLIAMS LUCIE SAFAROVA 6-0 6-1 2013 SERENA WILLIAMS JELENA JANKOVIC 3-6 6-0 6-2 2014 ANDREA PETKOVIC JANA CEPELOVA 7-5 6-2 2015 ANGELIQUE KERBER MADISON KEYS 6-2 4-6 7-5 2016 SLOANE STEPHENS ELENA VESNINA 7-6(4) 6-2 2017 DARIA KASATKINA JELENA OSTAPENKO 6-3 6-1 2018 KIKI BERTENS JULIA GOERGES 6-2 6-1 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES RANKINGS UPDATE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH The Top 10 will remain the same when the new rankings Caroline Wozniacki is bidding for her 20th match win are released on Monday. in Charleston today. No one in this year’s draw has won more matches here than the Dane: By reaching the final, Caroline Wozniacki is projected to rise to No.12, and could reach No.11 by lifting the trophy. PLAYER WINS LOSSES WIN % CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 19 4 .826 Madison Keys will move to No.16 having advanced to MADISON KEYS 15 6 .714 the final. She will go to No.14 by capturing the title. ANDREA PETKOVIC 13 5 .722 SABINE LISICKI 13 6 .684 SHARING THE SPOILS SARA ERRANI 11 7 .611 KIKI BERTENS 10 3 .769 For the first time in WTA history, the first 14 tournaments of the season have been won by different women. And with neither finalist in either Charleston or Monterrey CLAY COURT CLASS having been in the winner’s circle in 2019, this trend will is bidding to win a WTA title for the continue into the European clay court season. Caroline Wozniacki 12th season in a row, however, it has been nearly nine years since the Dane last triumphed on clay. Despite this wait, only seven active players have won more titles on the surface than Wozniacki: Serena Wil- liams (13), Maria Sharapova (11), Venus Williams (nine), 7 Sara Errani (seven), Simona Halep (seven), Jelena Jan- kovic (six) and Kiki Bertens (five). Across the 14 WTA tournaments in 2019, half of the champions CAROLINE WOZNIACKI’S CLAY COURT FINALS have been aged 22 or under TOURNAMENT YEAR OPPONENT RESULT AMELIA ISLAND 2009 ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK WON 6-1 6-2 CHARLESTON 2009 SABINE LISICKI LOST 6-2 6-4 AROUND THE TOUR MADRID 2009 DINARA SAFINA LOST 6-2 6-4 BASTAD 2009 MARIA JOSE MARTINEZ SANCHEZ LOST 7-5 6-4 Victoria Azarenka advanced to her first final in over three years with a 6-4 4-6 6-1 win over Angelique Kerber at the AMELIA ISLAND 2010 OLGA GOVORTSOVA WON 6-2 7-5 Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey on Saturday. CHARLESTON 2011 ELENA VESNINA WON 6-2 6-3 STUTTGART 2011 JULIA GOERGES LOST 7-6(3) 6-3 Meeting Azarenka in the final, will be defending champion BRUSSELS 2011 PENG SHUAI WON 2-6 6-3 6-3 Garbiñe Muguruza, a 6-2 6-3 victor over Magdalena Rybarikova earlier in the day. STUTTGART 2015 ANGELIQUE KERBER LOST 3-6 6-1 7-5 BASTAD 2017 KATERINA SINIAKOVA LOST 6-3 6-4 HOME COOKING Madison Keys is attempting today to become the ninth American woman to lift the Charleston title. Since Rosemary Casals beat Nancy Richey in the inau- gural final in 1973, Chris Evert (1974-78, 1981, 1984-85), Tracy Austin (1979-80), Martina Navratilova (1982-83, 1988, 1990), Jennifer Capriati (2001), Venus Williams (2004), Serena Williams (2008, 2012-13) and Sloane Ste- phens (2016) have all gone on to lift the famous trophy. MATCH NOTES CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 01 - Apr 07, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER [8] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) vs. [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 2-0 2017 INDIAN WELLS HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-4 6-4 92 mins 2016 US OPEN HARD O R16 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-3 6-4 78 mins MADISON KEYS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 18 WTA RANKING 13 60 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 54 17-02-1995 (24) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 11-07-1990 (28) $246,303 YTD PRIZE MONEY $244,102 $10,334,981 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $33,736,515 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 3 0 / 30 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 0 / 2 CHARLESTON W-L (MD) * 15-6 19-4 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 8-4 / 187-110 9-4 / 582-243 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 2-3 / 47-46 1-3 / 149-82 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 2-0 / 47-40 2-0 / 91-79 YTD / CAREER CLAY W-L (MD) * 4-0 / 47-26 4-0 / 108-52 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-0 / 17-17 1-0 / 59-28 0-0 / 6-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 21-37 1-1 / 16-28 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 61-67 2-2 / 32-45 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / 132-106 * Updated entering 2019 Charleston F ROAD TO THE FINAL [8] MADISON KEYS (USA #18) [5] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #13) SF: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #63) 6-4,6-0 (1h07) SF: d. [16] PETRA MARTIC (CRO #53) 6-3,6-4 (1h25) QF: d. [1] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #8) 7-6(6),4-6,6-2 (2h12) QF: d. [15] MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #50) 6-2,6-2 (1h33) R16: d. [10] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #31) 7-5,6-2 (1h17) R16: d. [12] MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #30) 6-4,3-6,6-3 (2h36) R32: d. TATJANA MARIA (GER #59) 7-6(5),4-6,6-4 (2h27) R32: d. LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #104) 6-2,6-2 (1h28) R64: BYE R64: BYE Total games: 100 Total games: 79 Won/lost: 59-41 Won/lost: 51-28 Sets won/lost: 8-2 Sets won/lost: 8-1 Total time on court: 7h03 Total time on court: 7h02 Average time on court: 1h46 Average time on court: 1h46 Average rank of opponent: 40 Average rank of opponent: 59 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MATCH NOTES CHARLESTON - USA, SC | Apr 01 - Apr 07, 2019 | $823,000 | PREMIER CHARLESTON Tournament History MADISON KEYS CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 2018 2017 SF L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #27) 6-4 6-7(2) QF L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #66) 6-2 6-4 7-6(5) 2017 2013 R2 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #52) 4-6 6-1 6-1 QF L - STEFANIE VOEGELE (SUI #63) 3-6 6-4 6-3 2016 2011 R2 L - LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER #75) 6-7(3) 6-4 6-4 F W - ELENA VESNINA (RUS #56) 6-2 6-3 2015 2010 F L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #16) 6-2 4-6 7-5 SF L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #22) 5-2 2014 2009 R2 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #47) 6-1 6-7(3) 7-6(4) F L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #63) 6-2 6-4 2013 QF L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #24) 6-4 6-4 Insights Follow WTA on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WTA Facebook: www.facebook.com/WTA YouTube: www.youtube.com/WTA from MADISON CAROLINE KEYS VS WOZNIACKI CHARLESTON CHARLESTON • Making seventh consecutive appearance at Charles- • Making sixth appearance at Volvo Car Open. Cham- ton, where she is through to final for a second time pion here in 2011 (d. Vesnina in F) and R-Up on • Was R-Up in 2015 (l. Kerber in F), whilst made SF event debut in 2009 (l. Lisicki in F) in 2018 (l. eventual champion Bertens after holding • Also made SF in 2010 (l. Zvonareva), and QF in 1mp) and QF on debut in 2013 (l. V.Williams) 2013 (l. Voegele) and 2017 (l. Ostapenko) • After 1r bye, defeated No.59 Maria in 2r - her first • Owns two Top 10 wins in Charleston, over No.3 De- win since R16 run at Australian Open (l. Svitolina), mentieva in 2009 and No.8 Jankovic in 2011 following opening match losses at Indian Wells (after • After 1r bye, hit 19 winners and only nine unforced 1r bye, l.